Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

CenterPoint Energy vs FirstEnergy

Over the past year CNP returned +10.5% and FE returned +1.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.72.

CNP +10.5% FE +1.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCNPFE
Price$42.44$46.91
Market cap$28.13B$27.16B
Today+0.54%+0.17%
1 month+14.1%+8.1%
6 months−2.1%0.0%
Year to date+10.7%+4.8%
1 year+9.0%+2.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.2%+9.9%
Gross margin91.4%63.6%
Net margin15.1%12.2%
P/E (TTM)24.4×22.6×
Price / sales2.9×1.7×
Net cash-$24.68B-$30.31B
Dividend yield2.26%3.96%
Volatility (60d)18.0%14.6%
Short % of float7.2%5.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).